Indore: Forest officials successfully tranquilised a leopard that injured five people in Indore after a 23-hour-long rescue operation last evening.
The big cat strayed into a residential colony in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh after sneaking out of Ralamandal wildlife sanctuary and entered Limbodi area.
The injured included a policemen and a child, reports said. The local forest officials mounted a search and warned locals using loudspeakers.
The operation started on Thursday morning when the feline was spotted in Limbodi area. The leopard entered a house and injured a man and his wife who was preparing food in the kitchen. The animal later entered an under-construction house and grabbed a child. The residents were in a state of panic after the big cat strolled the area menacingly.
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